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{{Short description|1985 British-American television film}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}}
{{Infobox television
| image              = Murder with Mirrors.jpg
| image_size         =
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| caption            = 
| genre              = Crime, Mystery, Romance
| writer             = [[George Eckstein]]
| based_on           = ''[[They Do It with Mirrors]]'' by [[Agatha Christie]]
| director           = [[Dick Lowry]]
| starring           = [[Helen Hayes]]<br>[[Bette Davis]]<br>[[John Mills]]<br>[[Leo McKern]]
| music              = [[Richard Rodney Bennett]]
| country            = United Kingdom<br>United States
| language           = English
| executive_producer = [[George Eckstein]]
| producer           = Neil Hartley
| editor             = Richard Bracken
| location           = [[Brocket Hall]], [[Lemsford]], England
| camera             = 
| cinematography     = Brian West
| runtime            = 100 minutes
| company            = [[Warner Bros. Television]]
| budget             = 
| network            = [[CBS]]
| released           = {{Start date|1985|02|20}} 
}}
'''''Murder with Mirrors''''' is a 1985 British-American television film starring [[Helen Hayes]] (in her final film role) and [[Bette Davis]]. It is based on [[Agatha Christie]]'s novel ''[[They Do It with Mirrors]]'', using the novel's American title. The novel has been dramatized on two separated series, ''[[Miss Marple (TV series)|Miss Marple]]'' and ''[[Agatha Christie's Marple]]''. They used the novel's original title.

==Synopsis==
Miss Marple reunites with her friend Carrie Louise Serrocold at her country mansion. Christian Gulbranson, Marple's lawyer, persuades her to visit the estate of his stepmother, Carrie Louise. Her devoted husband Lewis has turned the manor house Stonygates into a halfway house for criminals. He confides to Marple and suspects someone poisoning Carrie with arsenic. After Christian dies, a killer is at large in a house full of suspects.

==Cast== 
* [[Helen Hayes]] as Miss Jane Marple
* [[Bette Davis]] as Carrie Louise Serrocold 
* [[John Mills]] as Lewis Serrocold 
* [[Leo McKern]] as Inspector Curry 
* Liane Langland as Gina Markham 
* [[John Laughlin (actor)|John Laughlin]] as Wally Markham 
* [[Dorothy Tutin]] as Mildred Strete 
* [[Anton Rodgers]] as Dr. Max Hargrove 
* [[Frances de la Tour]] as Miss Bellaver 
* [[John Woodvine]] as Christian Gulbranson 
* [[James Coombes (actor)|James Coombes]] as Steven Restarick 
* [[Tim Roth]] as Edgar Lawson

==Production==
[[File:Brocket Hall-geograph-3457290-by-Bikeboy.jpg|right|thumb|Brocket Hall]]
It was filmed entirely on location in England.<ref>End credits of the film.</ref> [[Brocket Hall]] in [[Hertfordshire]] featured as Stonygates.<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089640/?ref_=nv_sr_1 IMDB.com], retrieved February 6, 2017.</ref> Several locations in London can be seen, like [[Carlton House Terrace]], [[Trafalgar Square]] and [[Westminster Bridge]]. [[Turville]], [[Seer Green]] and [[Skirmett]], all in [[Buckinghamshire]] were used for the film.

==References==
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==External links==
{{Commons category-inline|Murder with Mirrors (1985 film)|''Murder with Mirrors'' (1985 film)}}
*{{IMDb title|id=0089640}}

{{Miss Marple}}
{{Dick Lowry}}

[[Category:1985 television films]]
[[Category:1985 films]]
[[Category:1980s mystery films]]
[[Category:American mystery television films]]
[[Category:Films based on Miss Marple books]]
[[Category:CBS films]]
[[Category:Films directed by Dick Lowry]]
[[Category:Films scored by Richard Rodney Bennett]]
[[Category:1980s English-language films]]
[[Category:1980s American films]]
[[Category:1980s British films]]
[[Category:British mystery television films]]
[[Category:English-language mystery films]]
[[Category:Films shot in Hertfordshire]]
[[Category:Films shot in Buckinghamshire]]